Elvis star Austin Butler leaves 7Bravo reporter Lucia Hawley flustered in adorable red carpet moment

Elvis star Austin Butler to the left 7 Well done entertainment reporter Lucia Hawley — the niece of the Australian acting legend Nicole Kidman — a bit confused during an interview in Sydney.

Butler was in town for the Sydney Film Festival and walking the red carpet at the State Theater on Thursday night when Hawley, 25, approached the 32-year-old heartthrob for a chat about his new film The Bikeriders.

WATCH ABOVE: Austin Butler on the red carpet with 7Bravo’s Lucia Hawley.

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But Butler turned her around, immediately launching into a barrage of questions.

“Hi Austin, I’m Lucia,” Hawley began.

“Lucia? Have we met before?” he asked.

“No?” she responded by saying she just had a “familiar face” (Hawley bears an uncanny resemblance to her very famous aunt).

Buttler then noted that Hawley had managed to stay dry in Sydney’s wet weather.

“I’m soaked,” he said.

“I was going to say we really turned on the weather for you!” she replied.

“You sure did,” he said, then began to ask a series of questions before she could ask him any.

“Are you from here, from Sydney?” he said.

“Yes, I am…I have to interview YOU,” she laughed.

“I don’t like to talk about myself,” he said a little sheepishly before turning his focus back to her.

“What else can you tell me? How old are you? What are you interested in?”

“Twenty-five… Art, paintings,” she replied.

This seemed to pique Butler’s curiosity even more.

“Art? Do you paint yourself?” he asked.

“No, no, but I like looking at them,” she said.

“Curating”.

“I want to do it at some point,” the American actor revealed.

“Finding the right art, finding great art … Where do you find your art?”

Clearly a little confused, Hawley stammered, “I…I…I should probably handle the questions because that’s my job,” she laughed.

“I’ll be in trouble!”

“Oh, well, what do you want to talk about?” he replied.

When the footage was posted on 7Bravo’s Instagram, viewers went wild, with many saying Butler appeared to be slightly flirtatious.

“This made me really like him!” said one fan.

“I loved that he was curious and interested in someone else!”

“He’s totally picking on her,” noted another.

“Flirting master class – watch and learn,” joked a third.

Many noted that Butler seemed to favor natural conversation rather than the typical fast-paced question-and-answer format of red carpet interviews.

“Austin prefers to have regular, organic conversations that feel more comfortable than being asked questions all the time,” noted one observer.

“He doesn’t like to talk about himself either, like he said, he really tried to distract himself, bless his soul.”

“How refreshing. Good thing you were curious about who you are,” said another.

Others described the exchange as “adorable”, “brilliant” and “sweet”.

“Did he just fall in love with her?” – wondered one viewer.

“He’s overwhelmed,” said another.

However, several people noted that Butler already has a girlfriend – supermodel Cindy Crawford’s daughter Kaia Gerber, who is also a model.

Hawley is the daughter of Nicole Kidman’s sister, Antonia Kidman.

She is the host of 7Bravo and the face of Live From E! red carpet coverage in Australia.